Season 4 Episode 7 – Genesis 18: Three is the Magic Number!!!

Coming Up! - 0:00

Intro! - 1:20

Aight So Boom! - 3:55

Read Genesis 18 1-5 - 8:01

• Three Men

• We are told the Lord visits Abraham - consistent with where we last got an address in Ch 13

• Abraham sees three men

• Lifts his eyes - He lifted up his eyes and looked

• Behold (surprise?)

• In front of him

• Abraham greets the 3 men

• Runs to meet them (excited much)

• Bows to the ground

• Addresses one of them as Lord (Adon)

• Ask them to stay with a qualifier (favor in your sight)

• Shows hospitality

• Wash your feet

• Rest under the tree (oak of Mamre)

• I’ll get you some bread

• They decide to stay

Read Genesis 18 6-8 - 19:46

• Abraham is not messing around

• Everything is done quickly

• Sarah to make cakes, quickly

• Abraham ran to pick a calf

• Young man prepared it quickly

• Everything is quality

• Three Seahs of fine flour for cakes

• Calf is tender and good

• Curds and Milk (are these delicacies)

• Abraham humbled before these three

• See this from the time of meeting them

• Abraham runs to them

• Abraham asks if it is OK that they stay

• Abraham just stands by while they eat (is he literally standing?)

Read Genesis 18 9-15 - 31:04

• At some point they asked about Sarah

• The LORD States the happening to Sarah

• Next Year

• I will return

• Sarah will have a son

• Sarah hears this and responds (eavesdropping?)

• Laughs - Like Abraham

• Makes a snarky(?) remark

• After I am worn out

• My Lord (Adon) is old

• Now shall I have pleasure

• She wasn’t as quiet as she thought (really the LORD knows all)

• Asks Abraham about her laughing

• Asks her questions

• Why did she laugh and say?

• Is Anything to hard for the LORD

• The LORD restates the plan

• Next Year (the appointed time - interesting, so not just waiting to wait, this time was appointed by the only one who can do that)

• I will return

• Sarah will have a son

• The last back and Forth (I did not, Yes you did)

Read Genesis 18 16-21 - 53:15

• They get ready to leave and Abraham see them out

• Discussion (with who) - Asking a Question

• Shall I hide from Abraham

• What I am about to do

• Identifies why He should not

• Seeing that (interesting, future focus) Abraham shall surely become

• What the LORD is doing with Abraham

• Making him a mighty and great nation

• All nations of the earth shall be blessed in him

• I have chosen him

• That he may … The expected result … Command

• His children

• His household after him

• Commanding them to keep the way of the LORD

• Doing righteousness

• Doing justice

• So that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him

• The decision is made to tell Abraham what is going on

• Gives the reason for any following action first

• Outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great (horizontal)

• Their sin very grave (vertical)

• Will verify first hand

• I (the LORD) will go down to see how true it is

• I will know, if they are not carrying what the the outcry is about

Read Genesis 18 22-33 - 1:08:36

• Two of the men (angels) leave for Sodom

• The LORD and Abraham remain behind

• Abraham stood before the LORD (a picture of his humility before the trio)

• Abraham drew near to the LORD for their conversation

• What is Abraham’s motivation?

• Abraham starts with a questions then begins the countdown

• Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked (treatment of your people with those who are not your people?)

• Countdown starts at 50 (50 righteous men)

• Appeals to the LORD’s character

• Will You (LORD) sweep away the place if there are 50 righteous there

• You would not do such a thing so that the righteous suffer the same fate as the wicked, would you

• You are the judge of the earth, the expectation is that you do what is just

• Abraham approaches with such respect, humility, 

• “I who am but dust and ashes.”

• “Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak.”

• The LORD responds in agreement with Abraham

• The LORD went His way

• Abraham returned to his place

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